• Artist Fares Bibani, 55, paints a colourful mural on the wall of a house in Beban village in Mosul, Iraq. All photos: Reuters
    Artist Fares Bibani, 55, paints a colourful mural on the wall of a house in Beban village in Mosul, Iraq. All photos: Reuters
  • Several walls in the main square of the village have murals depicting the Yazidi way of life as a farming community before the rise of extremist group ISIS
    Several walls in the main square of the village have murals depicting the Yazidi way of life as a farming community before the rise of extremist group ISIS
  • Bibani says the aim of the project is to make new generations aware of their heritage
    Bibani says the aim of the project is to make new generations aware of their heritage
  • Some of his paintings depict what a UN-appointed commission of independent war crimes investigators said was genocide against the Yazidis
    Some of his paintings depict what a UN-appointed commission of independent war crimes investigators said was genocide against the Yazidis
  • A woman buys vegetables near one of Bibani's murals
    A woman buys vegetables near one of Bibani's murals
  • Bibani started his project in March 2022 and says he will continue to paint until he decorates the entire village
    Bibani started his project in March 2022 and says he will continue to paint until he decorates the entire village

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Iraqi artist depicts Yazidi heritage in Mosul - in pictures

Fares Bibani creates displays in Beban village

The National

December 06, 2022

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Updated: December 06, 2022, 8:49 AM
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